Tuesday, August 6, 2019

day NINE HUNDRED and TWENTY NINE

RED WHITE AND BLUE HERRINGS

the endless streams
of patriotism flow
from online alter egos
that seem more real
than their own faces

ribbons and bumperstickers
and a barrage of memes
parrot stolen words
and proclaim the glory
of soldiery and war

their voices swell
the bigger the crowd
that stands behind them
they let us know
how tough they are
how bigly American

though they did not
would not serve
in a million years
they wave their flags
in our faces
distracting our gaze
from their trembling hearts

--Brian Rihlmann

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